At this point, Tanabe Moritake and Hirata Shokan finally understood Okamura Neji's plan.
Okamura Neiji's plan is actually very simple. He is to use the bunkers, artillery towers and strongholds along the Pinghan-Han Railway to firmly attract the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the troops of the Southern Hebei Military Region, and then secretly mobilize the four elite divisions.
The regiment and the 5th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade implemented long-distance maneuvers to covertly engage the enemy, encircling and annihilating the main force of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.
However, Tanabe Moritake was still a little worried and said: "Commander, do you have enough time?"
"Of course." Okamura Neiji said confidently, "There are hundreds of bunkers, artillery towers and strongholds along the Ping-Han Railway. The Eighth Route Army does not have heavy weapons for attacking fortresses, so it will take at least ten days to complete the attack mission.
However, the 5th, 10th, 18th, and 20th divisions can complete their assembly within two days and enter the attack position within four days."
"What if Yue Weihan lends a helping hand?" Tanabe Moributo said, "The 39th Group Army has a large artillery force."
"That's just a drop in the bucket." Okamura Neiji said calmly, "If Yue Weihan really leads the 39th Army out of the border to come to the rescue, it will be just right. Four permanent divisions of 100,000 elite imperial troops, plus the 5th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade
The regiment and the aviation regiment directly under the front army, I don’t believe it, and they can’t deal with the 39th Army Group in Yue Weihan!”
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Tumen Fortress, Baodu Mountain Main Fortress.
In the war room on the second underground floor, several combat staff were busy working on the map. In less than a moment, hundreds of small red arrows were marked on the large map. These small red arrows were like
A large group of small red ants bit the big "python" on the Ping-Han Railway.
Liu Yi excitedly said to Yue Weihan: "Commander, you see, the Pinghan-Han Railway starts from Dingxian in the north and ends at Xingtai in the south. The bunkers, artillery towers and strongholds along the nearly 200 kilometers have been divided and surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. The Ping-Han Railway is
The 3rd Brigade of the road police from Peking to Handan huddled in more than 200 gun towers and did not dare to come out of the stronghold."
"Chief, is this too easy?" Cao Xinglong said in disbelief, "If the little Japs defend the ditch, plus hundreds of iron bastards, armored vehicles, and tens of thousands of puppet troops,
Patrolling back and forth on the highway in the ditch, the Eighth Route Army would probably have difficulty crossing the ditch, let alone attack the Ping-Han Railway."
"His grandma, that old devil Okamura Neiji is nothing more than that." Chi Chengfeng shouted, "Knowing that the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and more than forty main regiments from the Southern Hebei Military Region are going to pass through the railway line, the old devil
You actually got out of the way? Isn’t this inviting a wolf into the house? Stupid, this old devil Okamura Neji is really stupid.”
"Stupid?" Yue Weihan said coldly, "This old devil Okamura is not stupid!"
After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "That old devil Okacun is hiding something. If he wants to deal with the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei, he will never use the Japanese army in southern Hebei. He will definitely mobilize the Japanese army outside southern Hebei secretly. When you still
When staring at the Japanese troops in southern Hebei, Okamura Neiji's troops had already entered the attack position and surrounded the Eighth Route Army Corps."
"What do you mean?" Liu Yi said horrified, "Chief, are you saying that this old devil Okamura did it on purpose?"
"Chief of Staff, you don't really think that Okamura Neji is so easily fooled, do you?" Yue Weihan smiled and said, "However, even if Okamura Neji is as smart as a ghost, he will not be able to eat it this time.
! It will take at least five or six days for Okamura to mobilize troops from Peiping, Tianjin, Jinan and other places before entering the attack position!"
"Excluding one day yesterday, there are only four or five days left!" Liu Yi frowned, "In other words, the Eighth Route Army must finish its work within three days, otherwise it will be surrounded by the Japanese army?"
"Three days?" Yue Weihan smiled, "Two days is enough!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Colonel Liu Xin, the director of the communications department, had already stepped forward boldly and said to Yue Weihan: "The headquarters, the special operations brigade reported that all fifty rocket launcher teams have entered the designated positions. They only need to wait for the headquarters to get in touch with the Eighth Route Army.
We can cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to launch attacks on Japanese military facilities along the Pinghan-Hankou Railway."
"Okay." Yue Weihan nodded happily and said to Liu Yi, "Chief of Staff, immediately send a report to Brigadier Wang and my brother (Yue Weiguo), saying that I will temporarily lend them fifty elite troops to ensure that they wipe out Dingzhou to
All the bunkers, artillery towers and strongholds along the execution platform, not to mention the county towns heavily guarded by the Japanese!"
"Yes." Liu Yi stood at attention and immediately took the order.
Watching Liu Yi leave, Yue Weihan suddenly turned around and said to Lu Xiufeng, Cao Xinglong, Chi Chengfeng and Li Yulong who were standing behind him: "The 181st Division, the New 6th Division, the New 9th Division and the Baoshan Division set off overnight to surround Zhengding County before dawn.
As for Shimen City, you have been training troops for almost half a year, and it’s time to get out and run around."
"Yes!" Lu Xiufeng and the others suddenly stood up and agreed with a loud voice.
As soon as they heard that Shimen was going to be attacked, Lu Xiufeng and the others immediately became energetic.
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Beiping, Cuimingzhuang.
Over there, the 39th Army Group had just left Domon Fortress, and over here Okamura Neji already knew about it.
Although the 39th Group Army marched at night, it was impossible to hide the large-scale mobilization of more than 80,000 people from four Class A divisions. However, the reason why the 39th Group Army chose to march at night was to avoid Japanese aircraft.
bombing, not to conceal their presence.
"The 39th Army Group came out in full force?"
"Yue Weihan is really willing to place a bet?"
Tanabe Moritake and Hirata Shokan couldn't help but feel a little frightened.
Okamura Neiji smiled sinisterly and whispered: "It seems that Yue Weihan will be solved soon!"
Judge Tanabe Moritake and Hirata looked at each other in confusion. Your Excellency, Commander, seems to have a plan in mind?
Okamura Neiji indeed had a plan in mind. In fact, he had already been making plans as early as when he served as the commander of the Fourth Army.
Shimen is closely connected to the Ping-Han Railway and directly opposite the Tumen Fortress. Its geographical location is extremely important. The Japanese 28th Division is permanently stationed at Shimen. In addition, the commander of the Japanese mixed 3rd Brigade that guards the northern section of the Ping-Han Railway is
The headquarters is also located in Zhengding County, and together with the 6th Group Army of Qi Xieyuan's puppet North China Autonomous Army, the total strength is no less than 50,000.
However, the troops of the 3rd mixed brigade of the Communist Party of China are basically scattered along the Pinghan-Hankou Railway, and the 28th Division is responsible for "cannibalizing" southern Hebei. Three of its four infantry regiments are stationed separately.
In the counties in southern Hebei, the only troops actually left to guard Shimen were one regiment of the Japanese army and one division of the puppet army.
Although there were not many troops left to guard Shimen, Okamura Neji was not worried at all.
The reason is very simple. As early as when he was the commander of the Fourth Army, Okamura Neiji recruited 5,000 civilians and spent three months building a large number of strong bunker clusters outside Shimen and Zhengding, and these bunkers all passed
The tunnels are connected and lead directly to the headquarters in the city. This is almost a complete fortress!
Okamura Neiji got his inspiration from Domon Fortress, which is called giving back to others the way they are treated.
Okamura Neiji even hoped that Yue Weihan could take the initiative to attack Shimen with the 39th Army, so that the Shimen defenders could rely on strong fortresses to hold back the main force of the 39th Army, and then mobilize troops from Peking, Tianjin, Jinan and other places for Okamura Neiji
Encircling and annihilating the 39th Army won time and opportunities.
Now, Okamura Neji's opportunity finally came.
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On the Pinghan-Hankou Railway.
The main force of Yu Ting's Qinghe County *** regiment is launching an attack on a large stronghold along the railway.
The main body of this stronghold is three four-story gun towers standing in a Zigzag shape, surrounded by trenches and barbed wire, and six bunkers. Inside are stationed a Japanese squadron and a puppet battalion, with more than twenty light and heavy machine guns, and a very high firepower.
Quickly, the Qinghe County *** organized three blasts, but they all failed, and all three blasters died.
"Commander, why don't you dig a tunnel?" the 1st Battalion Commander suggested, "A forceful attack is simply not possible, the Japanese firepower is too strong."
"Dig a tunnel? How long will it take?" Yu Ting said bitterly, "Damn it, it would be great if we could have a cannon."
As soon as he finished speaking, there were the sounds of chaotic footsteps behind him. When Yu Ting looked back hurriedly, he saw that the political commissar Ge Ruilin had arrived in a hurry, followed by three sturdy men. These three people were obviously not from the *** group.
He didn't look like a soldier of the Eighth Route Army. The big man in front was carrying a "big smoking gun" on his shoulders.
"Lao Yu, how is the situation?" Greilin asked, taking off his military cap and fanning himself.
"It didn't go well." Yu Ting shook his head, stared at the three people behind Greilin and said, "Political Commissar, what do they do?"
"Oh, they are the *** brothers of the 39th Group Army!" Greilin said, "They came to help our Eighth Route Army attack the Japanese artillery towers on the orders of Commander-in-Chief Yue, and they also brought secret weapons."
"Secret weapon?" Yu Ting's eyes immediately fell on the "big smoking gun" on the shoulder of the sturdy man, and he said with some disapproval, "Just this big smoking gun, and a secret weapon?"
Greilin could only respond with a wry smile. Speaking of which, he had never seen the power of this secret weapon.
"What a mess, this is not a big smoking gun, this is a rocket launcher!" The burly man said unhappily, "Don't think this thing looks inconspicuous, but you will know its power later. When you see the
Are there any enemy bunkers and gun towers? In front of my bazooka, you’re just a loser. You’ll die in one shot, can you believe it?”
"Death in one shot? I don't believe it, how is this possible?" Yu Ting's head suddenly shook like a rattle.
Several battalions and company commanders of the *** regiment also gathered around, their faces also full of disbelief.
"Hey, today I'm going to let you old haters see the power of the rocket launcher." After saying that, the burly man removed the rocket launcher from his shoulders, put it upright, and then turned around and stretched out his hand to the other big man.
A big man immediately took out a cannonball with a long barrel from the basket behind his back.